A reliable and regularly updated suite of employment law guides for HR professionals with responsibilities for staff in countries outside the US.

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Understand employee rights in key areas including minimum wage rates, maternity leave and compensation on termination.
Recognize the role of collective rights and bargaining in the relevant country.

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The Guide for Global Employers provides an overview of the main issues facing employers with staff in more than one country, while the individual country guides provide employment law guidance at national level.

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Our EU pay transparency table tracks the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive as member states adopt national legislation to meet its requirements. Our other comparative tables compare the statutory rules on a specific topic across different countries:

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Puerto Rico: Employee rights

Additional information was added to the sections dealing with hours of work, Sunday work, holiday and holiday pay, public holidays, maternity and pregnancy rights, caregiver's leave, part-time workers, fixed-term workers, temporary agency workers, and transfers of undertakings.
Austria: Pay and benefits

New information on the EU Pay Transparency Directive has been added. The Directive will expand the current pay transparency and reporting framework.
Austria: Updates - key employment law developments

Private sector employers remain subject to existing Austrian equal pay and income reporting rules. However, once the EU Pay Transparency Directive is implemented, employers may face limited preparation time, with unjustified pay disparities potentially resulting in back pay, compensation claims, fines and a reversal of the burden of proof.
Portugal: Updates - key employment law developments

The proposed labour reform law, Trabalho XXI, was rejected by Parliament, leaving the Labour Code unchanged while the Government considers a revised reform proposal.
Portugal: Employee rights

Under the Portuguese Labour Code, employers must provide employees with written information about the algorithms and AI systems used in employment-related decision-making, including profiling and the monitoring of professional activity.
EU Pay Transparency Directive hub

In the Netherlands, the internet consultation on the draft implementing decree closed on 31 July 2026. A separate consultation on a draft ministerial regulation setting out the definitions, calculation methods and reporting template for gender pay gap reporting remains open until 11 September 2026.
Global minimum wage rates comparative table

From 1 August 2026, a new minimum wage rate applies in Argentina. Additional information has been added on minimum wage rules in Belgium, Germany, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates.
Argentina: Pay and benefits

The national minimum wage (SMVM) increased to ARS 376,600 from 1 August 2026.
Romania: Employee rights

The Digital Omnibus on AI postpones the application of employment-specific high-risk AI system rules to 2 December 2027, and limits employers’ AI literacy obligation to taking appropriate and proportionate measures.
Global maternity leave and pay comparative table

Additional information has been added for Greece, Hungary and India.

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A reliable and regularly updated suite of employment law guides for HR professionals with responsibilities for staff in countries outside the US.

Global Employer

Global Resources

Subscribed Countries and Territories

Available Countries and Territories

New and Updated

Puerto Rico: Employee rights

Austria: Pay and benefits

Austria: Updates - key employment law developments

Portugal: Updates - key employment law developments

Portugal: Employee rights

EU Pay Transparency Directive hub

Global minimum wage rates comparative table

Argentina: Pay and benefits

Romania: Employee rights

Global maternity leave and pay comparative table

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